每隔一段，一些西方媒體總要出點(diǎn)鬧劇，而最近他們的焦點(diǎn)集中在新疆。一個(gè)最常見的謊言是，“新疆有數(shù)百萬人被關(guān)在集中營(yíng)里”……

12月3日，美國(guó)眾議院更是通過法案，要求美國(guó)政府就此對(duì)中國(guó)進(jìn)行制裁。唉，制裁的大棒天天揮，滿世界想著嚇住誰(shuí)……

• The US House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act on December 3, legislation which calls for the Donald Trump administration to impose sanctions against China over allegations that Beijing has detained millions of Muslim-majority?Uyghurs?in the western region of Xinjiang.

• Uyghur?/?wi?ɡ?/：維吾爾族
  

而這幾天，這個(gè)謊言被打臉了！美國(guó)獨(dú)立新聞網(wǎng)站“灰色地帶”（The Grayzone）發(fā)表一篇調(diào)查文章，詳細(xì)揭露“上百萬人被拘押”這個(gè)謠是怎么造出來的。

說出來你可能不信，造上百萬人的謠，只需要兩張嘴就夠了。

• While this extraordinary claim is treated as?unassailable?in the West, it is, in fact, based on two highly?dubious?“studies.”

• unassailable /??n??se?l?bl/ ：攻不破的; 不容置疑的

• dubious /?dju?b??s/：可疑的; 不太可靠的

據(jù)該網(wǎng)站調(diào)查，第一張嘴是一個(gè)出了名的境外反華機(jī)構(gòu)“中國(guó)人權(quán)捍衛(wèi)者”（Chinese Human Rights Defenders, CHRD），由美國(guó)政府資助，主要負(fù)責(zé)各種給中國(guó)挑刺。

為造出“上百萬人被拘押”的謠，這個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)下血本做了采訪，一共采訪了八個(gè)人呢！

• The first, by the US government-backed Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, formed its estimate by interviewing a grand total of eight people.
  

新疆可是有各族人民兩千萬的，這個(gè)“捍衛(wèi)者”就不知道從哪變出來八個(gè)人，然后大嘴一張，新疆上百萬人就被他們給關(guān)起來了！好歹去新疆實(shí)地看看啊。

• Based on this absurdly small sample of research subjects in an area whose total population is 20 million, CHRD “extrapolated?estimates” that “at least 10% of villagers... are being detained in re-education detention camps”.
  

• extrapolate /?ks'tr?p?,let/ ：v. 推斷
  

而在這一過程中，美國(guó)政府不僅等著這個(gè)機(jī)構(gòu)傳消息，甚至還給與資金支持。據(jù)Grayzone網(wǎng)站此前報(bào)道，CHRD背后的金主是美國(guó)國(guó)家民主基金會(huì)，而這個(gè)打著“民主”旗號(hào)的機(jī)構(gòu)，基本宗旨就是搞顏色革命……

• In its mounting pressure campaign against China, the US is not only relying on CHRD for data; it is directly funding its operations. As Ben Norton and Ajit Singh previously reported for The Grayzone, CHRD receives significant financial support from Washington’s regime-change arm, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

另一張嘴則是一位叫Adrian Zenz的學(xué)者，他還有個(gè)中文名叫鄭恩國(guó)。

這位老兄出生于德國(guó)，供職于一家華盛頓的“研究機(jī)構(gòu)”，主要負(fù)責(zé)“中國(guó)研究”，在美國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)被普遍認(rèn)為是極右翼原教旨主義基督徒。他一直認(rèn)為，自己“被上帝指引著去傳道對(duì)抗中國(guó)”。

• The second came from Adrian Zenz, a?far-right fundamentalist?Christian who... believes he is “l(fā)ed by God” on a “mission” against China.
  

• far-right：極右派的；極端保守主義的

• fundamentalist?/?f?nd??ment?l?st/ ：原教旨主義者；基要主義的

和“中國(guó)人權(quán)捍衛(wèi)者”差不多，鄭先生的研究做得也相當(dāng)潦草。

據(jù)Grayzone報(bào)道，鄭先生是從Istiqlal電視臺(tái)的報(bào)道中得出“上百萬”的結(jié)論的，而這家電視臺(tái)常駐土耳其，專業(yè)從事涉疆反華宣傳。

聯(lián)合國(guó)掛號(hào)的恐怖組織“東突”的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人Abdulkadir Yapuquan就是這家電視臺(tái)的?？?。

• Like the CHRD, Zenz arrived at his estimate “over 1 million” in a dubious manner. He based it on a single report by Istiqlal TV, a Uyghur exile media organization based in Turkey, which was republished by Newsweek Japan.
  

• One such character who often appears on Istiqlal TV is Abdulkadir Yapuquan, a reported leader of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM).

把美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)折騰夠嗆的新疆謠言，就是這么造出來的。還有比這更低劣的謊言嗎？

• It was from these two sources that certain US politicians knew the fate of "millions of Uygurs". Is there anything more absurd than that?

但美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)就是有一幫人“信”。不僅“信”，還要通過法案，讓美國(guó)政府“制裁”中國(guó)。不能說他們智商都有問題，只能說，他們需要這個(gè)謊言，因?yàn)槟亲罘纤麄儗?duì)新疆的腦補(bǔ)。

• Who is foolish enough to believe such a lie?

• But in reality, there really is a group of US politicians who believe it, not because they are foolish, but because that’s in accordance with their imagination of Xinjiang.

關(guān)于新疆的謠言，可以作為典型案例記載進(jìn)造謠史。造謠的最高境界，不是造得天衣無縫，而是做好市場(chǎng)調(diào)研、摸準(zhǔn)客戶心理，想用戶之所想、急用戶之所急，造出個(gè)緊貼用戶需求的謠言。哪怕漏洞百出，客戶照樣篤信不疑。

• That shows a good technique in telling a lie: You do not need to be logical or fill in all the loopholes. You do not need to falsify evidence for your untrue claims. All you need is to do good market research, learn what your audiences really need, and then tell a lie that meets their requirements.

當(dāng)然，破除這種謠言也不難，一張機(jī)票飛到新疆，啥都清楚了！不過有一種病癥，叫選擇性失明，人家就是不去看，你能怎么著？

• To dispel that lie would be easy. Just take a trip to Xinjiang, listen to what the local people really say, and find out the truth with your own eyes. Read some books and talk to some locals, and everybody knows the truth.

那就這樣吧。美國(guó)那幫政客愛信啥信啥，我們發(fā)展好自己，讓新疆人民、全國(guó)人民都過得好好的才重要。

• But certain US politicians will never do that, because they just do not want the lie destroyed. Good, let them keep their lies about millions of Uygurs suffering, and Xinjiang will continue prospering despite what they think.

來源：中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)雙語(yǔ)新聞（Chinadaily_Mobile）

綜合：世界觀

編輯：左卓

運(yùn)營(yíng)實(shí)習(xí)生：朱嘉誠(chéng)